title: Practitioner as theorist: a reprise.
abstract: This column addresses the idea of practitioner as theorist as it may inspire new paths of theory development in practice for nursing. Historical and philosophical dimensions of theory development are discussed. Extant theory development strategies as well as new approaches for practice-based theory development are proposed.
authors.affiliation: University of Arizona, College of Nursing, Tucson, AZ, USA. preed@nursing.arizona.edu
authors.forename: Pamela G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Reed
mesh_terms: D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research / Q000458:organization & administration; D003405:Creativity; D019348:Empiricism; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D008128:Logic; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology*; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009742:Nursing Theory; D010687:Philosophy, Nursing; D033302:Postmodernism; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012107:Research Design; D012586:Science; D013850:Thinking